Artful Thinking Routines

Artful Thinking Routines With the DIA Art Center’s April Lee

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Designed for educators of all disciplines, this webinar focuses on the Artful Thinking Routines - a group of protocols designed by Harvard researchers to help people think deeply about artwork. We’ll ...

Sequencing Snowpeople Lesson Plan: Teaching First, Next, and Last

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-5, students use BrainPOP Jr. and/or BrainPOP resources to explore sequencing vocabulary (i.e. first, last, next, then, finally, and after that.) St...

Branches of Power Social Studies Game Guide

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Download the Branches of Power social studies game guide from our partner, iCivics....

Literacy Skills with Moby Lesson Plan: Exploring Letters and Letter Sounds

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In this literary skills lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-3, students use BrainPOP Jr. resources to develop emerging literacy skills. The lesson plan explains a variety of different ways th...

How Soil is Formed Lesson Plan: Soil Sample Experiments

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In this multi-day lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-3, students use BrainPOP Jr. resources to explore how soil is formed. Students will also explore some of soil’s components through variou...

Student Animation: Tim, Moby and Winston Churchill!

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This student animation about Winston Churchill proves that BrainPOP is much more than a movie and a quiz!  BrainPOP can also be used as inspiration for student animation projects! This animation was p...
Search Shark Internet Search Game

Search Shark Internet Search Game: Vocabulary Strategies

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To get the most from this internet search game, review the meaning of the term “keyword” with students prior to Search Shark game play. You may want to project an internet search for the class to see ...
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Mine Shaft Math Game: Essential Questions

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How can you recognize what strategy to use for a specific problem? What different interpretations can be obtained from a particular pattern or relationship? How does the shape of an object infl...

Addition Blocks Math Game

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Visit the lesson ideas page to find resources for Addition Blocks, a free online math game....

Adding with Mental Math Lesson Plan: Addition Blocks Game

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 1-5, students use BrainPOP resources (including a free online interactive game) to practice combining numbers to create target amounts. Students will ...